On 11/06/2013 03:24 PM, Nick Jennings wrote:
> Unlike last year, when there was a general consensus on the area
> (Vietnam), I feel a little hesitant to throw down ~1000euro if I'm not
> sure that some people are committed to going. Last year I knew you
> (Michiel) would be in the region and were definitely going.
I'll be going for sure. And I don't really care where. So if you book
something I'll come as well :)
> I've looked at a few places. Utila is a tropical island off the coast of
> Honduras. It may be a little more expensive to get to (though not too much).
And a little less safe? Although I guess SA is also not the safest place
to be :)
> A flight to San Pedro Sula (SAP) goes for around 850-1000euro on the
> low-end (checking flights from Prague, Munich and Berlin via. skyscanner).
So you would prefer Honduras over SA?
> I met someone in Prague many years ago who said it was an amazing
> magical place.
Well, this sounds good :D
> Then there's South Africa which sounds great as well. Since it's not
> near the equator we're going to have a much harder time finding a real
> island (I don't think there are any) but beaches on the mainland are
> fine with me as well. It's going to be more of a temperate climate
> summer than a tropical one obviously.
Yeah, I don't really need an island...
> Other than that I don't have any other ideas but am open to anywhere,
> really, as long as it's hot and nice and others will be there :)
Me too!
> Should we maybe have a hackerbeach list? It seems people on unhosted may
> not care, and there are also many different hackers who are not involved
> in unhosted who may be very excited to come.
Sounds like an idea, there is a Twitter account as well... and IRC
channel #hackerbeach on FreeNode.
Cheers,
Fran �ois